20 Most Recent Articles
Written By: Bruce Elkin

1	From Fit to Stretch: Skills for Creating Success On Your Terms Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-03-12 | - Word Count: 1176 | Viewed: 1002 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.70 Abraham Maslow once said we long to be "that which we glimpse in our most perfect moments." But, he also pointed out we are often afraid to live up to the potential we see in those moments. As years pass and we fail to act on what we could be, the glimpses fade.
2	Take A Stand for Your Own Greatness Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-03-06 | - Word Count: 851 | Viewed: 1180 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 3.00 20 years ago, I took an instructor's course to learn how to help people create what matters most. Despite my shyness and inexperience in such work, the course was extraordinary.
3	Get the Raise You Deserve Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-02-25 | - Word Count: 944 | Viewed: 976 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 3.33 "If I don't get more money, I'm going to quit this stupid job." That's how a client described one of her important goals to me. When I asked her if this was a new goal, she replied, "No. I always say that, but I never get the raise I want. It's not fair."
4	Saying 'Yes' to Life Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-02-15 | - Word Count: 982 | Viewed: 1140 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 3.00 o you ever gripe and complain about life? About what happens to you, or what you have or do not have? I used to, a lot. I hoped complaining would make things better. But it didn't. In spite of my tendency to whine, I was a doer. I did not like teaching public school. So I left and created programs for environmental education and wilderness leadership. I started to write. I set up my own business.
5	When the 'Blues' Last For Weeks - Part One Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-02-07 | - Word Count: 1067 | Viewed: 1200 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.25 Do you feel tired too much of the time. Or sad, empty? Has life lost its spark? Does your body have the blues? Have you felt this way for more than a few weeks? Do you wonder, "Am I depressed? Or just out of sorts?" These days, many wonder if they are depressed. And with good reason.
6	How to Build Healthy Optimism and Lasting Resilience - Part Two Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-02-07 | - Word Count: 1126 | Viewed: 1373 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 2.75 We face more adversity every day. So do our kids. But some of us thrive, while others drop into dperession, or worse. What accounts for that difference? Adversity, by itself, does not cause depression. Many of us make adversity worse by taking a pessimistic stance toward it. We dwell on the worst aspects of what happens to us.
7	How To Be Happy -- With Whatever Life Gives You! Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-01-28 | - Word Count: 1087 | Viewed: 3309 | Votes: 13 | Rating: 2.15 The way we make ourselves happy is unique to each of us. But the ways we make ourselves unhappy are remarkably common to all of us. So, perhaps, by not doing the things that makes us unhappy, we can create more space for deep and lasting happiness we long for.
8	How to Overcome Adversity and Create Outstanding Results in Life and Work! Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-01-23 | - Word Count: 918 | Viewed: 2005 | Votes: 15 | Rating: 2.47 Learning to overcome adversity helps you produce great results--in life, work, and relationships--even when the going is tough.
9	The Diderot Effect: Staying Simple In The City Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-01-15 | - Word Count: 919 | Viewed: 1843 | Votes: 13 | Rating: 3.08 Recently, I experienced my own encounter with the Diderot Effect. I moved to the city, and struggled to avoid an outburst consumerism.
10	Jumpstart Your Success-And Keep It Jumping! 7 Great Questions to Move You From Vision to Results Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-01-07 | - Word Count: 1162 | Viewed: 1607 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.56 Tony came to me because he was stuck. Nan came because she was drifting. Both had potential and tried hard. But neither could pull the pieces together to create success. Each made progress, then fell back, stuck or drifting again. Both spent too much time and money trying to figure out "how" to create success. Sound like you? If so, perhaps you, too, ask the wrong questions.
11	Forget Balance-Integrate! Creating Harmony In Life And Work Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2008-01-03 | - Word Count: 651 | Viewed: 1550 | Votes: 16 | Rating: 2.56 Many who come to me for help feel their lives (or some parts of them) are difficult, cluttered, and discordant. Worse, they feel guilty because they can't "balance" all the parts of their lives.
12	Create Success-With Whatever You Have! 7 Practices for Creating What Matters Most In Life And Work Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2007-12-25 | - Word Count: 1103 | Viewed: 2094 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 3.73 Seven Practices For Creating Almost Anything -- These 7 practices are no magic formula. But they will help you create outstanding results-with whatever you start with.
13	10,000 HOURS! How to Tap The Awesome Power Of Passion, Practice, and Persistence Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2007-12-19 | - Word Count: 1183 | Viewed: 1498 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.86 Did you know that participants in the Turin Olympic ceremonies practiced their routines 11,000 times? Or that, in the year leading up to Turin, figure skaters practiced each element in their programs 14,000 times?
14	Turn Your Resolutions into Reality - 7 Practices for Creating What Matters Most In 2007 Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2006-12-22 | - Word Count: 1174 | Viewed: 1242 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 3.40 "Quitting smoking is easy!" quipped a friend. "I've done it hundreds of times." Resolutions were, to him, just a fun New Year's ritual. He didn't expect results.
15	How to Build Healthy Optimism and Lasting Resilience - Part Two Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2006-05-05 | We face more adversity every day. So do our kids. But some of us thrive, while others drop into dperession, or worse. What accounts for that difference? Adversity, by itself, does not cause depression.
16	When the "Blues" Last For Weeks - Part One Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2006-05-05 | Do you feel tired too much of the time. Or sad, empty? Has life lost its spark? Does your body have the blues? Have you felt this way for more than a few weeks? Do you wonder, 'Am I depressed? Or just out of sorts?'
17	Saying "Yes" to Life Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2006-04-27 | Do you ever gripe and complain about life? About what happens to you, or what you have or do not have? I used to, a lot. I hoped complaining would make things better. But it didn't.
18	Get the Raise You Deserve Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2006-04-26 | Client's often set goals such as, 'get more money,' 'get a promotion,' or 'get a better job.' But such statements have little power because they contain no clear criteria for success.
19	Take A Stand for Your Own Greatness Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2006-04-20 | 20 years ago, I took an instructor's course to learn how to help people create what matters most. Despite my shyness and inexperience in such work, the course was extraordinary.
20	From Fit to Stretch: Skills for Creating Success On Your Terms Written by: Bruce Elkin | Distributed: 2006-04-19 | Abraham Maslow once said we long to be 'that which we glimpse in our most perfect moments.' But, he also pointed out we are often afraid to live up to the potential we see in those moments.